EARLY KEYBOARD MUSIC
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EARLY KEYBOARD MUSIC, by composer: suitability for PIANO
Austrian...
Czech...
English...
Flemish ...
French...
German...
Italian ...
Spanish & Iberian
BRITISH PIANO COMPOSERS
WILLIAM BAINES ....
BENJAMIN BURROWS....
FRANK BURY....
THOMAS JOHNSON....
HERBERT OPPENHEIMER....
MERVYN ROBERTS ....
PIANO MUSIC
For the last 20 years I have been recording early music on the piano. I hope you will give some of it a try. Click on the left hand link (CD1, CD 2, etc) to see more about what's in each collection. You can listen to these either on Youtube or playing directly off the website (smaller files, but to my ears
they sound the same and they play instantly). The numbers denote years; 5 means 2005, 23 means 2023, etc.
PIANO MUSIC COLLECTIONS (YOUTUBE LINKS)
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WEBSITE COLLECTIONS (SAME MUSIC BUT INSTANT-PLAY)
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THE MUSIC
CD 1 ......Albero, Albrechtsberger, Draghi, Espona, Freixanet, Kozeluch, Nebra, Suchon
CD 2 ......Folktune Preludes, Ben Burrows, Georg Benda sonatas
CD 3 ......Georg Benda,
William Boyce, Wagenseil, Folktune Preludes
CD 4 ......Christophe Wagenseil, Folktune Preludes, Jose Lidon.
CD 5 ......
Scarlatti, Wagenseil, Rodrigues, Galles, Czerny
CD 6 ......
Nichelmann, Pasquini, Ben Burrows, Geminiani, Kindermann,
Pescetti, Kammell
CD 7 ......
Loeillet,Fiocco, Benda,
Schultheiss, F.Derry
CD 8 ......Techelmann, Turini, Muffat, Matheson, Pinto, Pleyel, Monn, T.A.Johnson
CD 9 ......Kuhlau, Martinez, T.A.Johnson,J.C.Smith, J.C.F.Bach,Lederer, Pasquini,Camidge, Techelmann,Grainger, Villeblanche
CD 10 ......Krieger, J.W.Hertel, Muffat, Thomas Arne, Robinson, Domenico Zipoli, Paradies, Techelmann,
Walond.
CD 11 ......The Couperins,
Bernardo Storace, Matthew Camidge, Christopher Hales, Ben Burrows
CD 12 ......Greyfriars Suite by T.A.Johnson, Gottlieb Muffat, Herbert Oppenheimer, Roseingrave, Sebastian Albero
CD 13 ......Marcello, Boutmy, Bach, Pachelbel, Doucet's 'Chopinata', Froberger, F.Couperin, Kuhnau, Picchi, Seixas
CD 14 ......Benedetto Marcello, Johann Mattheson, Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Soler
CD 14a......Arne, Zipoli, Soler, Matheson, Muffat, Scarlatti
CD 15......Arne, Scarlatti, Soler, Dornel, Dandrieu, Francois Couperin
CD 16......Arne, Scarlatti, Dornel, Francois Couperin
CD 16a......Arne, Scarlatti, Dornel, Francois Couperin, Soler
CD 17......Alcock, Couperin, Scarlatti, Soler, F.G.Chapman
CD 17a......Rameau, Espona, F.Couperin, Scarlatti, F.G.Chapman
CD 17b......Matheson, Scarlatti, Nichelmann, Soler, Reincken, F.G.Chapman
CD 18...... Maurice Greene, Nichelmann, Reincken, Scarlatti
CD 18a...... Scarlatti, Greensleeves, Monn, Albero, Oppenheimer, Denis Capes, B.Pasquini, Soler
CD 19......Scarlatti, Pasquini, Albero, Buxtehude, Handel
CD 19a......Loeillet, Handel, Pachelbel, Albero, Scarlatti
CD 19b..... Dandrieu, Pachelbel, Dandrieu, Scarlatti, Dvorak
CD 19c......Handel, Rosemary Brown, Zipoli, Scarlatti
CD 20...... Handel, dance tune, B.Storace, Pellegrini, Scarlatti, Pasquini
CD 20a......B.Storace, Chopin, Pasquini, Pellegrini, Scarlatti
CD 20b...... Chopin pastiche, Pasquini, Pescetti, Schildt, music from Tuscany, Scarlatti
CD 20c...... Pasquini, Chilcot, Matheson, Paradies, Scarlatti.
CD 21...... Chilcot, Cabanilles, Paradies, Matheson, B.Pasquini, Scarlatti
CD 21a...... Chilcot, Handel, Bustijn, Krieger
CD 21b...... Bustijn, Chopin, J.C.Smith, Scarlatti, B.Pasquini.
CD 21c...... J.C.Smith, Scarlatti, Seixas
CD 22...... Kuhlau, Smith, Scarlatti, Pasquini, Merkel
CD 22a...... John Loeillet, A.Scarlatti, Merkel, A.Soler, J.C.Smith
CD 22b...... J.H.Fiocco: Two Suites
CD 22c...... Bustijn, Platti, Scarlatti
CD 23...... Platti, Alessandro Scarlatti, B.Pasquini, D.Scarlatti, Soler
CD 23a...... Josse Boutmy: Two Suites
CD 23b...... J.Boutmy, B.Pasquini, A.Scarlatti, Warsaw Manuscripts
CD 23c...... A.Scarlatti, Boutmy Suites, Van Noordt, Gibbons
folktune CD Folktune preludes for piano
REVIEWS OF RECENTLY-PUBLISHED EARLY KEYBOARD MUSIC
This site also contains
information about the composers Ray Clarke (based
in Castle Douglas), Nigel Deacon (from the Midlands), and Andrew
Lowe-Watson (from Norfolk).
Ray Clarke is a teacher, orchestrator and composer with a special
interest in folktune.
Nigel Deacon plays early keyboard music on the PIANO (small selection below) and has written many pieces based on folktune. A couple of CDs are here:
CD-2011 ..
CD-2016 ..
I was recently asked if I was interested in looking at some music for banjo and piano from the 20s. The great-grandson of the composer (F.G.Chapman) inherited the scores many years ago. I was pleasantly surprised - they are rather old fashioned, but the tunes aren't bad. Here's one of them, arranged for piano - I don't know anyone who plays the banjo.
F.G.Chapman: Foxtrot (c1926)
I've also written a companion piece to the famous Humoreske by Dvorak and a version of Chopin's Minute Waltz with 4 beats to the bar instead of 3. Click on
Humoreske and Variation - the Chopin pastiche is at the beginning of disc 20b.
EARLY MUSIC BY COMPOSER
Boutmy: Minuet, Cm
Boutmy: Allemande, Cm
Boutmy: La Dandrieux
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, i
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, ii
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, iii
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, iv
Pescetti Sonata, A, i
Pescetti Sonata, A, ii
Pescetti Sonata, Bb, i
Pescetti Sonata, Bb, ii
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, i
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, ii
Pescetti Sonata, Cm, iii
Pescetti Sonata, D, i
Pescetti Sonata, D, ii
Pescetti Sonata, D, iii
Pescetti Sonata, D, iv
Pescetti Sonata, Gm, i
Pescetti Sonata, Gm, ii
Pescetti Sonata, Gm, iii
Scarlatti sonata L13
Scarlatti sonata L22
Scarlatti sonata L262
Scarlatti sonata L263
Scarlatti sonata L270
Scarlatti sonata L272
Scarlatti sonata L275
Scarlatti sonata L276
Scarlatti sonata L283
Scarlatti sonata L285
Scarlatti sonata L292
Scarlatti sonata L295
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.1, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.1, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.1, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.3, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.3, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.3, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.4, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.4, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.1. no.4, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.1, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.1, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.1, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.3, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.3, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.3, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.4, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.4, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.4, iii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.4, iv
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.5, i
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.5, ii
Wagenseil divertimento op.2. no.5, iii
SOME TRACKS FROM THE CDs
BAROQUE
Bernardo Storace: Chaconne in C (Italian)
Christophe Nichelmann: Sonata in Cm, 3rd mvt. (German)
Christophe Wagenseil, Sonata op 2 no 3, 1st mvt. (Austrian)
Christophe Wagenseil, Sonata op 2 no 4, 1st mvt. (Austrian)
Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata L22 (Spanish #)
Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata L263 (Spanish#)
Georg Benda, Sonata 8, 1st mvt. (Czech)
John Loeillet, Suite 4, 3rd mvt. (Flemish)
Pescetti: Sonata in Cm, 2nd mvt. (Italian)
Schultheiss: Suite in Em, 3rd mvt. (German)
20th CENTURY
Emil Suchon: Grief
T.A.Johnson: Concert Waltz (unpublished)
Herbert Oppenheimer: Scherzo no. 1 (unpublished)
Herbert Oppenheimer: Valse no. 1 (unpublished)
T.A. JOHNSON: GREYFRIARS SUITE ...commentary
1.Greyfriars
2.Quelchy (with ashplant)
3.Bob Cherry
4.W.G.Bunter
5.Alonzo Todd, Poet and Dreamer
6.Harry Wharton and the Famous Five
ND ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Cumberland's Crew: Folktune Prelude
The Three Ravens: Folktune arr.
ND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PIANO
William Boyce: Organ Sonata, Bb, 1st movement (English)
Wieniawski: Romance, from violin concerto (Polish)
William Walond: Organ voluntary in G (English)
Claude Doucet: Chopinata paraphrase on tunes from Chopin
VIOLIN & PIANO
Komitas Song from Armenia, arr. violin / piano
Andrew Lowe-Watson is a well-known composer and pianist who has written large-
scale works including "Trafalgar", performed by the
Moscow International Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Konstantin
Krimetz.
Composer pages: ......RAY CLARKE......
NIGEL DEACON......
ANDREW LOWE-WATSON
mp3s:
Nigel Deacon: May Song
The Lowlands of Holland
Cosby Fugue
G minor prelude
Ray Clarke: May Song (orch)
What shall we do with a drunken sailor? (orch)
MUSICAL ARTICLES
PIANO DUETS: What is a piano duet?....Piano duets: their use and abuse
HAYDN/DVORAK: new arrangements by Robin Holloway; different from the ones in Peters / Augener collections.
www.fourhandsplus.com
EARLY MUSIC
Making piano recordings of Scarlatti....Ornaments in early music
GUIDANCE ON AUTHENTIC PERFORMANCE:
Early music, with extensive information about the European repertoire, including Iberian, French, English, Flemish, Italian, Dutch, German & Polish harpsichord and organ music: John Collins .
LATER MUSIC
20th century British music....19th century piano music
Printed scores of Nigel's piano music are produced by
Sutton Elms Publications; email
address
diversity@suttonelms.org.uk
List of pieces:......pdf
.....html
Inquiries about Andrew Lowe-Watson's music (fees, licensing, royalties, etc)
- please contact BRENDAN DAVIS, FILM RIGHTS LTD, 80-82 REGENT ST,
LONDON W1B 5A, TEL: +44 (0)20 7734 9911
# Scarlatti was Italian but spent most of his creative life in Spain.
